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Profile of County of Hawaii's Older Populate widowed older adults who are either living alone or with minimum social support. Someone's marital status can strongly affect a person's emotional and economic well- being by influencing living arrangements and availability of caregivers. The U.S. Census Marital Status by Sex PSA4 60+ 100.0% 80.0% 60.0°/ i"/ „ /i iii, Mal ° / ' "%j/' % , / / a) 40.0°/ i ' o ,/ �/ , �,�i�, / ■Female 20.0% 0.0% (D > L a -92� z Czco Marital Status 2000 estimates that there are about 5,046 older individuals 60+ living alone and an estimated 3,811 non-English speaking older adults. The chart above indicates that two out of three older adults in PSA4 lacks social support as reflected by the total number of 60+ who are either never married, married but spouse absent, widowed and divorced. The same chart shows that the number of female widows is about four times as much as older male widowers. The same data source also found approximately 10% of PSA4s 60+ is foreign born. Poverty Level, Income, Employment and Education During the last ten years, PSA4 showed over a 50% decrease in the number of older individuals 60 years old and over who were living below poverty. The U.S. latest census identified two thousand sixteen older individuals 60+ living below poverty level in 1999 in PSA4 compared to 3,907 in 1989. For unrelated 65+ individuals living alone below poverty, 23.2% are females and 9.2% are males. The State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging estimates that there are 2,349 low-income minority 60+ PSA4 older individuals in 1999. In addition, the census found that among the 15,844 households receiving Social Security incomes, their mean social security income was $ 11,546. In 1999, the mean retirement income for 10,857 households with retirement income was $18,243. There is a huge gender disparity in terms of income of older individuals Page -5 -of 11 2out of3 older adults lack Social Support, 5,046 older individuals live alone & 3,811 are non- Englioh opeakero. The number of older individuals below poverty decreaoed by 50% during the past 10 years.